Barcelona 2001-2010

BARCELONA

• During the last twenty years Catalonia has lived through a strong increase in urban development, not only through the need to incorporate new residential, industrial and service consolidations to provide for the economic growth of the country, but also through the wish to plan and lead the urban phenomenon and the demand for the introduction of activity into the area.

SEA FRONT

• Recuperation of the seafront around the area of the river Besòs, thereby creating an unbroken coastal development running from Barceloneta to Montgat. This new seafront is being built on land reclaimed from the sea and it is formed around a marina, seafront parks, new beaches and swimming areas, and a marine park that looks out on the sea and which includes the creation of coastal lagoons so as to attract an abundance of migratory birds.

DIAGONAL MAR

• Formation of a new central zone within the city at the starting point of La Diagonal, with offices, commerce and central facilities for the city (Forum Building, Convention Centre, old-peoples’ home).

Diagonal Mar

BESÒS

• Establishment of a continuous urban development on both banks of the river Besòs, with the creation of residential zones around the roads running parallel to the coast and to the Catalana.

Fòrum

LA MINA

• Renovation and recuperation of the urban dignity of the neighborhood of La Mina by means of opening the area up to its surroundings, creating a new central boulevard with new housing and areas of activity, and restoring the existing buildings

Barri de la Mina

La Mina• Since its inception in the mid-Sixties, La Mina has been

the poor cousin of Barcelona and a byword for crime, drugs and social degradation. The development was initially proposed by the Ajuntament and the Patronato Nacional de la Vivienda as a way of solving the growing problem of blocks of slum housing that were springing up in Barcelona. These were being constructed to house the flow of gypsy and other immigrants arriving from Spain's poorer regions, principally Andalucía, who arrived in Barcelona with few resources and no access to traditional housing

I live in... and my area project is..:

• Sagrera (Ave)• Poble Nou(District22@)• Sant Andreu (Casa Bloc: passat i present)• Les Glòries(Museum of Design, Audio-

visual Campus ..)• Gràcia....

  Sagrera HST StationThe transformation of this area in the east of Barcelona is being carried out via a highly diverse set of actions, which together constitute a complete renovation of this currently abandoned area,providing it with a high degree of complexity of use, quality and urban importance.

The project introduces energy efficiency criteria and the utilisation of renewable energy sources through central heating and cooling systems and a 1.2 MW solar- energy plant.

BARCELONA

SINGULAR

BUILDINGS

Barcelona Skyscraper

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WEBS

• http://www.wordle.net/gallery/atom• http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html• http://www.bcn.es/urbanisme/catala/model_urba.htm• http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=41166780• http://www.mcrit.com/Mediterrania/index.htm• http://www.mcrit.com/Mediterrania/texteprincipal/projectes_ciutats.htm• http://www.flickr.com/photos/29707049@N00/2981684194/• http://www.barcelonametropolitan.com/Article.aspx?

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